Mud cracks on Mars?
NASA’s Curiosity rover recently examined slabs of rock that, if interpreted correctly, would be the first mud cracks confirmed by the mission. This would confirm that some drying occurred after wetter conditions in the ancient era during which these sediments were...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s associate administrator, will lead NASA temporarily as President-elect Trump takes office on Friday. Lightfoot offered an optimistic outlook for the agency before a space business gathering on Tuesday....
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Eugene Cernan, who commanded Apollo 17, the final human mission to the Moon, has died. The retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator urged a return to the lunar surface to start an inspiring new era of human deep space...
THE “PROVING GROUND” FOR ORION AND SLS
Proving systems in the proving ground? NASA is working on the Journey to Mars, but an important step before going to Mars will take place in the proving ground. This is an area of space around the moon where NASA will test America’s next spacecraft, Orion. This...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Mars beckons as a destination for human exploration according to experts. Human Deep Space Exploration Why Mars is the best planet The Atlantic (1/13): The passage of time, four billion years, has separated Mars and the Earth. The...
NASA’S DEEP IMPACT MISSION LAUNCHED 12 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Before NASA’s Deep Impact mission, humanity had never probed beneath the surface of a comet. Launched 12 years ago yesterday on January 12, 2005, the mission released a robotic impactor on a comet called Tempel 1. Named after Ernst Tempel who discovered the comet in...Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot to lead NASA as interim administrator on January 20 as President Obama’s administration leaves office. NASA awaits President-elect Trump’s nominees for administrator and deputy...
SLS LIQUID HYDROGEN TANK TEST STAND COMPLETED AT NASA MARSHALL
How do you get into deep space? With a lot of rocket propellant. That’s why the nation’s new rocket that NASA is building will have tanks in its core stage that hold 733,000 gallons of propellant! Testing the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks for Space Launch...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Scientists estimate the Earth’s moon appeared soon after the solar system formed, based on studies of lunar samples gathered by NASA’s Apollo 14 astronauts. Human Deep Space Exploration How old is the moon? Scientists say...Space Talk
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HiPOD: Sedimentary Rocks inside Terby Crater
This image covers some steep slopes with good exposures of the bedrock layers, revealing diverse color and textures. A detailed study can reconstruct the sequence of events and interpret the geologic history.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_072620_1530
